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3 new Exorcist films in the works but we won’t see Linda Blair in them The actress who played the possessed child in the original 1973 film says she hasn’t been in discussions to reprise her role in the reboot.
Actress Linda Blair attends the In Touch Weekly Presents Pets and Their Stars Unleashed at the Cabana Club on September 21, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images).
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It was reported earlier this week that we’ll be getting not one, but three new films in the Exorcist universe – and that Ellen Burstyn, who was in the original 1973 film, will be reprising her role in the reboot.
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David Gordon Green is directing the upcoming
Exorcist franchise with Blumhouse producing. Green, who will serve as the screenwriter of the trilogy, is helming the upcoming
Halloween film for the studio.
“Blumhouse has always experienced incredible partnership from the team at Universal, and I’m grateful to Donna Langley and Jimmy Horowitz for believing in the vision of David’s film and having the foresight to be flexible with distribution, so the team feels top notch support through the lifeline of the film. They’re committed to theatrical exhibition and will also [be] serving streaming viewers well by bringing an exciting franchise like the ‘Exorcist’ to Peacock too,” said
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Peacock drops $400 million on new Exorcist trilogy, Ellen Burstyn reprising role from original film The Exorcist is returning. The scary part? The price tag for the film rights hit $400 million!
Peacock and Universal Pictures have reached a new deal to acquire the rights to produce a new trilogy of films in
The Exorcist universe. Morgan Creek Entertainment had held the rights to the film since their first entry into the franchise in 1990 with
The Exorcist III. They produced
Exorcist: The Beginning,
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, and the FOX TV series.
Now, Morgan Creek Entertainment will team with Blumhouse and David Gordon Green for these new films with a home on Universal’s Peacock streaming service. The Hollywood Reporter does note that the movies will still see a theatrical release, the first of which is set for October 13th , 2023.